A blog about my history project, a biography of an 18th century American woman who lived in and is buried in my town. I kind of think of her as my imaginary friend. Or my ghostly friend. Or a friendly ghost. Ghostly friend sounds better.

Follow-up video suggested by Youtube: Getting Dressed in the 18th Century. OK, I'm nearly (nearly) 100% straight. I only say nearly because, damn the end of this video is erotic, right? The swishing, the laces on the back of the stays. I feel kinda weird about perving on this whole thing, but I'm also thinking that she put this out there on youtube and I clearly (clearly) am not the only person watching this and thinking costume fetish. Maybe the only one with female parts, but still.

That video led me to others by that same girl (I feel like a cyberstalker), koshkacat, who is adorable, as you can see here in this video

Holy shit, there's a Costume College? A COSTUME COLLEGE?!? Must find out more about this. Looks like it's in Florida, though, on account of the palm trees. In any case, holy shit, that'd be rad.

Also, yesterday we got a costume catalog for Halloween (holy crap, already?) and my children are obsessively reading it. Mostly my son, but my daughter too. Anyway, they have a $219.99 women's costume that I would die if I owned. I wouldn't waste it on these losers here on my street in Middletown, but it would be nice to own, if only because I could "become" Phebe Taylor's ghost and really really indulge my freaky-deaky inner crazy person. Here's the costume I'm talking about, Ghost Lady Elite. I like the word elite there.

I have to be honest and say that I wish that she didn't have a stripper vibe going on. It is what it is with women's Halloween costumes, I suppose. As an antidote, I'm going to watch some more koshkacat videos.

Until next time and yea... it got weird, right? Of course it did.

Update: Following the Youtube trail, once again, led me here: http://youtu.be/2pw-AVf6lFw and I found this charming. Two things: I love the curtsy at the end (one) and two, she really needs a lady's maid because her hem got caught on the underskirt and that bothers me. Overall, though, more instructional than the first video way at the top of this post because now I get it a little more. OK, then.

About Me

I am at home with my two children, who are lovely btw, and have been at home for about 5 years. I'm an amateur writer and really really amateur historian. So please be gentle. I've published a chemistry thesis, though and co-authored several journal articles based on my chemistry research in graduate school. Oh, and also, please don't steal from me. Apparently, that's a problem on the interwebs. Thanks.